Academic Programs

The Department of Geography, Planning & Sustainability offers several major, minor, and certificate programs that integrate both the theory and practice of environmental problem-solving. Our programs blend academic understanding with applied tools to help students develop solutions to environmental issues while developing strong critical thinking, writing, and project management skills. Our programs are designed to integrate with one another in a way that allows students to customize their education around particular interests and career goals.

For our the contact information of our Academic Advisor Harold Thompson, or Graduate Advising Specialist Christina Pellegrino, please visit our staff page.

Current Course Banks

Information about our Internship Program

Undergraduate Programs

The table below has information for all of our undergraduate programs. Click the name of the program for more information about it, and use the links under the 'Major', 'Minor', and 'Certificate' columns to access the most recent guide to program requirements.

Program Name	Major	Minor	Certificate (CUGS)
Environmental & Sustainability Studies	BA - ESS (if you declared before Fall 2022) BA - ESS (if you declared Fall 2022 or later) 4 + 1 BA/MBA Joint Program	Minor - ESS	CUGS - Environmental Policy & Economics CUGS - Environmental Humanities
Community & Environmental Planning	BS - CEP (if you declared Fall 2018 or later) 4 + 1 BS/MSURP Joint Program	Minor - CEP	CUGS - Sustainable Urbanism CUGS - Food Systems Planning
Geographic Information Science	BS - GIS (if you declared Fall 2018 or later)	Minor - GIS	CUGS - Geographic Information Systems Foundations
Geography	BA - GEOG (if you declared Fall 2018 or later) 4 + 1 BA/MSURP Joint Program	Minor - GEOG
Geoscience		Minor - Geoscience
Sustainable Built Environments		Minor - Sustainable Built Environments
Global Issues		Minor - Global Issues
Sustainability Science		Minor Sustainability Science
Applied Geographic Knowledge and Skills		Minor - Applied Geographic Knowledge
Geographic Education	Dual Major - Geography & Education

Joint Programs

Program Name	Requirements
Environmental & Sustainability Studies / Business Administration	BA/MBA Joint Program
Community & Environmental Planning / Urban & Regional Planning	BS/MURP Joint Program
Geography / Urban & Regional Planning	BA/MURP Joint Program

Graduate Program

Program Name	Requirements	Certificate (COGS)
Urban and Regional Planning	MS - URP	COGS - Urban and Regional Planning
Environmental & Sustainability Studies		COGS - Sustainability Studies*
Geographic Information Science		COGS - Geospatial Science and Methods*

*Available for non-matriculated and current graduate students

Academic Programs

Academic Programs